VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2020-25022
AESGCMFallbackCipherState.encryptWithAd() allows out-of-bounds access.
CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 2.55%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.55%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
An issue was discovered in Noise-Java through 2020-08-27. AESGCMFallbackCipherState.encryptWithAd() allows out-of-bounds access.
- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 2.55% probability · 85th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-125, CWE-787
- Affected
- noise-java project/noise-java
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 2.6% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/159055/Noise-Java-AESGCMFallbackCipherState.encryptWithAd-Insufficient-Boundary-Checks.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Sep/11Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/rweather/noise-java/commit/18e86b6f8bea7326934109aa9ffa705ebf4bde90Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/rweather/noise-java/pull/12Third Party Advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/159055/Noise-Java-AESGCMFallbackCipherState.encryptWithAd-Insufficient-Boundary-Checks.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Sep/11Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/rweather/noise-java/commit/18e86b6f8bea7326934109aa9ffa705ebf4bde90Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/rweather/noise-java/pull/12Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.